FAITH FORMATION Their eyes smile. It’s a response I see time and time again whenever I ask a catechist to share their vocation story, of how they heard God’s call and why they accepted the mission of passing on the faith and witnessing to the Gospel as a community of faith. Some say they […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Living ‘Laudato Si’’
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Six years ago Pope Francis wrote the encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” in which he called on the faithful to foster care and concern for our planet. Our Holy Father picked Sept. 1-Oct. 4 (The feast of St. Francis) as the “Season of Creation,” a month to be […]
Heralding back: Sept. 3. 2021
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Aug. 27, 1971 Waianae’s ‘Albert Akanas’ Mark Diamond Anniversary Many members of Sacred Heart Parish, Waianae, gathered at the Makaha home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Akana, Thursday evening, August 26. The occasion was the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, celebrated by Father Arsene H. Daenen, marking […]
Sister Nelia Pernecia, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Special ties as siblings
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald In my family, there are several religious vocations. My brother became a priest. Two of my sisters became Reparatrix Sisters in Italy. And I became a Dominican religious sister. Growing up around the town plaza, we were close to school and the […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: We can see …
23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 35:4-7a; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37 The first reading for this weekend, from the Book of Isaiah, speaks of the blind, the deaf and the lame. Today’s culture is very different from that in which this section of Isaiah was written. Physical impairments now can be managed in most cases. […]
Photo: First day of school
Students of Rosary Preschool, Waipahu, Class 4-A, posing on their jungle gym on the first day of school, Aug. 10, prepare to climb to new heights of learning this school year. (Photo courtesy of Lora Ogawa)
Ed and Betty Coda: Letty was love
A REMEMBRANCE Rigolette “Letty” Perez Baraquio was an amazing God-fearing/loving homemaker, educator, philosopher, disciplinarian, business owner, mother to 10 children, and lover to her husband Claudio (also known affectionately to us as “Claude”). From the outside looking in, everyone, including us and our family, wanted to be part of the Baraquio ohana. Letty was an […]
Masses of the Holy Spirit
At several Masses of the Holy Spirit on Oahu and the neighbor islands, Catholic school employees gathered to mark the start of the new school year, Aug. 4. Left: Father Manny Hewe presided at Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina) Middle: Teachers and staff from St. Anthony […]
Micronesia’s first native bishop, Bishop Amando Samo, dies
Micronesia’s first native bishop, retired Bishop Amando Samo of the Diocese of the Caroline Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, died Aug. 7 on Chuuk Island, at age 72. He was a bishop for 34 years. Bishop Samo’s legacy is a “truly Micronesian Church,” said Jesuit missionary to Micronesia Father Francis X. Hezel, a […]
Interview with the superintendent: Science and faith
The superintendent of Hawaii’s Catholic schools says that, with a year’s experience with the pandemic, Catholic campuses across the state are doing a ‘great job’ teaching students in a safe environment Interview by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald spoke to the superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools, Llewellyn Young, in early August […]
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